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About The print. (Oregon City, Oregon) 1977-1989 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 17, 1979)
J rappiers open confidently lnkl:n Kelly K< Laughlin filie Print nninn ” ’ going mit out there there ac as a a uiinnor winner ■With a 4-0-1 record com- wd as of presstime, the CCC left’s wrestling team. is taring up for “the toughest ■edule of matches in the |am’s history,” said Coach k A Berney. Tonight they face defending ■shington conference cham- H Columbia Basin College. Katurday they host one of nelrgest tournaments in the west Coast, including 15 Aegon and Washington Bads. Grappling begins at 10 Im. On Jan. 27, Berney’s ■men will go against what he Considers “probably our Hiest match of the season ■ainst Idaho at North Idaho, ¡orth Idaho is currently the ■ending national champion. I will be really the supreme test llpur wrestling ability,” said J 11 t 'll ¡9 J Be CCC grapplers’ kvious four matches have Been dandies. Pitted against Bland State, who had on landseven varsity wrestlers, IfM Clackamas squad edged «6-19. I By presstime, the CCC team Iril have gone against PSU Bain and Kevin Benson, Bfonai Greco Champ, who at ■heir previous encounter was K due to an injury: The mat- Ich with PSU, according to the B coach, was really a jBback effort. The squad ■■desperately behind 19-3 ■ling into the 158-pound Jsion, “But with three falls Bd a major decision, we won ■ Our upper weights have ■ally been doing excellent,” Bney said. But that is not to Bscredii the lower weights, ■hey have been doing well, I too, but have been faced with Bjugher matches. ■ The other three matches Suited in more clean-sweep Kories The Clackamas grap- Iplers doused Columbia Kristian 42-9, Umpqua, 39- and Southwestern Oregon ■ Community College, 35-6. ■he Mt. Hood match Keduleri to take place last Biesdai was cancelled due to Bad leather. Bfemey sees a definite ad- Bntage in the post-vacation Bart of season workouts. ■'Where most teams may Begin to slow down who have Been wrestling three and four Bnths, we’ll reach our peak ■ter, and possibly be more ■ungrv towards the end,” he laid.' KT wc weekends ago the Sugars opened their season Brith a fairly hearty appetite ,> Buncing the likes of Lane Community College 32 to 6, ■and tying 18-18 to Gray’s Har- Bborin Aberdine, Wash. Berney HEbes the Grays Harbor ■quad as “always giving us a KxBaatch.’ ^■Though purely more com- Hntion is needed for the team ■to find its relativity with other Jwetitors, “better execution ■offense, team spirit, and are the key ingredients in Ber ney’s wrestling plan this season. “I think at the dual meets it woke a few guys up to the fact that they can win,” Berney said. While only three or four wrestlers have returned from last season in a squad of 16-20, the coach has already taken notice of some new faces and old ones as well. Returning all-American, and team captain, Jim Jones, who ended up fourth in state com petition last season, should help provide the team with the much needed motivation essential to a winning brand of wrestling. Perry Miles from Canby and Oregon State, who is currently getting his weight down to 126 from 134 a week ago “upset some individuals who made-it to state last year,” Berney said. Miles took third in the University of Washington In vitational last season. Gary Groner, another of the team captains, and 134 pounder is originally from Oregon City High and “should do a really fine job for us this year,” said Berney. Groner went to nationals in previous season activity. Berney also men tioned Gary Regier from Forest Grove and Dana Dunn from Estacada as individuals to keep an eye on in upcoming grap- pler action. Wayne Snoderly, a 177 pounder, only qualified for one term of wrestling this year due to a bone and ligament graft which came as a result of a football mishap in high school football action. As of present time, the squad will have faced off with Mt. Hood, whom Berney cited as “not very good team. Last season Grays Harbor beat them 52-3. One of the team’s against Roseburg’s Umpqua this Friday.” Craig Groner makes Rick Smith feel uncomfortable as Coach Berney looks on. photo by Kelly Laughlin mmmh The team watches Berney display the proper technique on human guinea pig Perry Miles, ■mas Community college photo by Kelly Laughlin Page 7